Thread: El Camino vs Ranchero

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I saw the preview but missed the show. Even though I am working on a sbc now, I had a rough '66 Ranchero which I bought primarily to move furniture from one house to another. It was pretty rough with a ripped up interior and the cab was badly dented from a treefall, but it had a rebuilt 289. It was a ball to drive even though the gas gauge was broke and I had to keep a book for when I filled the tank and the odometer reading. Well my wife hated the destroyed interior and judged the roof could not be fixed so I sold it. The wife said to scrap it as it was total junk, but a local dragger with a built up '66 ranchero thought it would be neat to have the same model for a tow car and he came, started it up and laid three $100 bills on the hood; I signed over the title and he took it home, but I wish I could have fixed it up with a large sunroof and a new interior because it was a "true Ford", a tin can with an engine! It rattled gloriously and only got 14 mpg, but it was great fun to drive!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder